SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Species Name Catch Limits Length Limits and Other Specifications Season
Warmwater
Game Fish:
Largemouth and
Smallmouth Bass
Bluegill, Catfish,
Crappie, Other
Sunfish, Walleye,
and Yellow Perch
5 per day,
2 daily limits in
possession.
Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012
• No more than 3 over 15 inches in length.
• Willamette River mainstem above Hwy 20 Bridge at Albany, the
Santiam and Calapooia basins: no limit on size or number taken.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See exceptions
under Special Regulations where use of bait is allowed.
No limit. • No minimum length.
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See exceptions
under Special Regulations where use of bait is allowed.
Lakes: Open all year.
Streams: Open
during trout, salmon
or steelhead
seasons, except
mainstem Willamette
River and sloughs
and tidewater
areas of Columbia
River tributaries
downstream from
Bonneville Dam are
open all year.
Other Fish:
Refer to General (Statewide) Regulations on page 11 for
Pacific Lamprey
regulations covering the harvest of Pacific lamprey.
Striped Bass 2 per 24 con- • 30 inch minimum length.
Lakes: Open all year.
secutive hours, • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See exceptions Streams: Open
2 daily limits in under Special Regulations where use of bait is allowed.
during trout, salmon
possession.
or steelhead
Northern
Pikeminnow,
Carp, Sucker,
Chub, Sculpin,
Whitefish, Shad
and other Nongame
Fish
No limit. • No length limit.
seasons, except
• Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams. See exceptions mainstem Willamette
under Special Regulations where use of bait is allowed.
River and sloughs
and tidewater
areas of Columbia
River tributaries
downstream from
Bonneville Dam are
open all year.
Smelt Closed. • Unlawful to take or attempt to take Eulachon smelt in inland waters All waters closed all
including bays, estuaries, rivers and streams. See Marine Sport year.
Fish Identification Key at: www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/FishID.
Freshwater Harvest prohibited. • It is illegal to harvest or possess any freshwater mussels or clams Closed.
Clams and
unless authorized by a specific permit issued by the Oregon Fish
Mussels
and Wildlife Commission (Scientific Take Permit).
Crayfish 100 per day, • Neither an angling nor a shellfish license is required.
Open all year.
2 daily limits in • All streams are open to crayfish harvest including streams listed as
possession. closed under Special Regulations.
Bullfrogs No limit. • An angling license is not required.
Special Regulations for this zone:
Water Special Regulations
Abiqua Creek upstream from Abiqua • Open for trout April 27-Oct. 31, 2 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
Falls near Rivermile 19 (Marion Co.) • Angling restricted to artificial flies and lures, as per Zone Regulations.
Adair Pond (Benton Co.) • One bass per day, no size limit, 2 daily limits in possession.
• Two channel catfish per day, no size limit, 2 daily limits in possession.
Airport Pond (Lane Co.) • Closed.
Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal
• Open for trout, adipose fin-clipped steelhead, and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead
(Eugene)
greater than 24 inches in length all year.
• 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed.
• Open to the use of two rods with a Two-Rod Validation.
Balch Creek and tributaries
(Multnomah Co.)
• Closed.
Bear Creek (tributary to Pudding River) • Open for adipose fin-clipped trout May 25-Oct. 31.
(Clackamas Co.) upstream from Shorty’s • 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no minimum length.
Pond which is located in Ivor Davies Park
in the City of Molalla
• Use of Bait allowed.
Blue River (McKenzie Basin, Lane Co.): • Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead and adipose fin-clipped trout April 27-Oct. 31.
1. Mainstem and tributaries downstream • Open to harvest of non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches in length
from Blue River Dam
April 27-Oct. 31.
• 5 adipose fin-clipped trout per day, no minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed.
2. Mainstem and tributaries upstream • Open for trout April 27-Oct. 31.
from Blue River Reservoir
• 5 trout per day, 8 inch minimum length.
• Use of bait allowed.
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